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It is most important that your resume emphasize on your competences and experience so that we know very precisely who you are.
Your resume title must describe your current position. It should never refer to the position you wish to have in the future but rather the one that describes your current qualification. Therefore, if you are a plant manager -though you may want to become a managing director, just indicate "plant manager".
Your contact details must be precise and comprehensive (name, first name, address, phone, cellphone and fax numbers, email and, of course, age must also be explicitely stated.
A scanned picture will be a nice addition to your resume: quality should be optimal and your picture recent (do not use a picture taken years ago.
Make a comprehensive description of all your experiences using reverse chronology in a chapter that should be called "work experience". Each experience must be very precise and outline the following points:
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the year when you started / quit a job (you don't need to mention the reasons why you left the company), |
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the function and position you held (i.e: in charge of the production, plant manager, sales engineer), |
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the name of the company for which you held this position, with mention of sector, turnover, headcount and location. Keep in mind you should only mention the company in wich you actually held this position and not the mother company if in a subsidiary. i.e: if you were director of a plant within a group, give details about the plant, not about the whole group's turnover and headcount), |
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a list describing your main responsibilities in a given position and your key achievments. |
Describe each experience - as mentioned above - in a maximum of 5 to 10 lines. Give enough details for a good understanding but try to be as clear and concise as possible.
The education and training section must be specific about your degrees and where and when you graduated.
Be very specific when mentionning your language skills. It is useless to mention English if you're not specific about your actual level, i.e: Operational/Business English or Basic/intermediary. Preferably, you should always indicate your TOEIC/TOEFL score or any other valuable tests you may have had.
Additionally, it is always a good idea to include a main skills and competences section, where you describe all competences you think you have in a synthetic way. To this extent, try to take into account what competences are most commonly required by recruiters for a given job (i.e: if you are a Human Resources Director, you should clearly indicate your specific skills and expertise regarding social plans, or in consolidation if you're a chief accountant, or your know-how in lean manufacturing if you're a plant manager, or your IAS/IFRS expertise if you're a chief financial officer...).
Definitely adopt a classic presentation for your resume and avoid any presentation that would be confusing for the recruiter. Don't make your reader dig for information. Presentations with tables, although you may find them smart, shall be avoided as they would only make your resume harder to read and understand.
One should be able to read your resume quickly and easily. It should describe you in a clear and synthetic way (a maximum of two to three pages) and boost you (pay atention to presentation, fonts and tabulations).
Good resume writing !
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